Fibrus Extend Gigabit Broadband Network to 100,000 Premises in Cumbria UK | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Infracapital-backed network operator and UK ISP Fibrus has today revealed that their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based gigabit-capable broadband network has now covered 100,000 homes and businesses across Cumbria in England, which has been achieved less than three years after they started to build in the region (Nov 2022). The vast majority of this network coverage has been delivered via the operator’s commercial investment, although they also expect to...
Gov Launches £9.5m Fund to Help More UK People Get Online | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK Government (DSIT) has today moved to complement their recently introduced Digital Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP) by launching a new £9.5m Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund (DIIF). The fund is designed to support local authorities, charities and research organisations in helping to get people online who might otherwise struggle. According to some recent data from Ofcom, the proportion of UK adults with home internet access (broadband) remains...
Virgin Media O2 Uncovers UK People’s Passwords in Just 3 Minutes | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have taken a break from telecoms service provision in order to highlight the ease to which cyber criminals can break into your online accounts. In order to do this they enlisted the help of an ethical hacker to conduct a security assessment on a group of volunteers. Needless to say, account passwords were broken within 3 minutes. The volunteers only needed to provide Brandyn Murtagh, who is...
Survey Claims 35 Percent of UK Landowners Don’t Want to Host 5G Mobile Masts | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new survey of 500 national landowners, which was conducted by telecoms investor AP Wireless UK – a company with a strong vested interest in this area, has claimed that 35% of respondents are considering terminating their mobile mast agreements, citing concerns over rent cuts, legal pressure and loss of trust in mobile network operators. In the past it was not uncommon for landowners to extract highly lucrative rental agreements in return for allowing...
EE’s New UK Safer SIM Mobile Smartphone Plans for Under 18s Go LIVE | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband and mobile operator EE (BT) has today confirmed that their new mobile plans for children under the age of 18 – called “Safer SIMs” – are now available to take, after being soft launched a few weeks ago (here). The plans form part of the operator’s commitment toward “being the UK’s best network for families“. All of the Safer SIM plans include unlimited minutes and texts, pre-set parental control options (these can’t be switched off), “Stay...
ISP Zen Internet Detail UK Ethernet Partnership with Sky Business Wholesale | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More As first hinted at last week (here), broadband ISP Zen Internet has today revealed details of their new “strategic partnership” with Sky Business Wholesale (Comcast). The move gives Zen’s partners (other ISPs etc.) and direct business customers access to Sky’s Ethernet-enabled exchange footprint. At present Sky’s network spans over 2,800 UK exchanges and more than 80% of those have been enabled for 10Gbps services (i.e. Ethernet leased lines). Both Zen...
TFW Fibre Delivers First Commercial Contract for Railway Fibre Network in Wales | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network operator TfW Ffeibr (TFW Fibre), which is an arm’s-length initiative setup by Transport for Wales (TfW) and thus the Welsh Government, has today announced the delivered of its “first commercial fibre connectivity contract” with Cloud Centres Networks for the fibre that runs alongside local railways. Just to recap. Toward the end of last year TfW Ffeibr announced that they had built a new full fibre broadband network alongside several railways and...
Huawei’s new memory software could relieve pressure on China’s chip industry | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The latest breakthrough represents a significant boost for AI inferencing, reducing pressure on memory hardware Today, Huawei has revealed a software breakthrough in high‑bandwidth memory (HBM) technology, a milestone that could see the company’s reliance on US chips dramatically reduced. Revealed at the 2025 Financial AI Reasoning Application Landing and Development Forum in Shanghai, Huawei’s Unified Cache Manager (UCM) reportedly represents a...
VMO2 pledges £1m for STEM apprenticeships | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Virgin Media O2 has today announced it is creating a new £1 million talent fund to help charities, local authorities, small businesses and social enterprises train apprentices — removing financial and structural barriers that have long held smaller organisations back from investing in early careers talent This initiative will allow organisations to access Virgin Media O2’s apprenticeship levy fund, using this to cover the full cost of...
Spark spins off data center biz, sells 75% to Pacific Equity Partners | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The new data centre company plans to boost capacity to 130W to meet the rising demands for AI and high-performance computing New Zealand’s Spark has this week confirmed that it is spinning off its data centre arm and selling a majority stake to Sydney-based private equity firm Pacific Equity Partners (PEP). PEP will take a 75% stake in the newly created standalone platform, dubbed ‘DC Co’, in a transaction that values the business at roughly NZ$705...